What have you done to your vehicle lately?
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Thought about washing the truck. Stayed inside, farted on the couch and continued watching Fox News instead.
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Nah... wasn't me - no singe marks on your paint!
I bought it from a guy who was also going through a full rebuild and he built another one with an integrated hoist so he sold me this one for $250 which was a steal. It’s all 5/16” and rotated my 1200 pound engine easily. He actually pulled his transmission and engine in one unit and had it hanging on this same stand. He owns a custom engineered steel products business up in Liberty.
I added an electric winch and dyneema cable system to my lift and it worked great. I was able to pull the engine and move it all by myself in my little shop.
Didn't even notice the electric winch/cable system the first time. Went back and looked at it. Before I even saw it I was thinkin'? Dang... he's able to pull that engine w/o pulling the hood off! Now I know way! Very good! Got my wheels turning!
I didn’t use the winch to lift the engine. No way in hell I’d trust that little thing with 1200 pounds. I use the winch for smaller stuff. For the engine I used a direct clevis to get the arm very close to the engine lifting bracket and ratchet straps on each side to manipulate the angle of the engine to clear the crossmember with the oil pan.
And they don't have to let me in!
Years ago I went to get new tires @ my local Discount. Knowing I'd be there a while I brought my NRA magazine to read, it had Trump on the cover. Next thing I know some cretin starts freaking out & screaming @ me. I actually thought it was a soy boi & addressed as are you talking to me little dude? Found out it was a woman. It got bad enough that the Discount ejected the idiot.
Now with no magazine in waiting rooms & my phucked up back I could see myself killing an idiot over me not wearing a mask!
Hell I need to take my Rolex in as the stem is not screwing down. I see that I need an appointment now, like they aint excepting walk in customers. At least there I understand an appointment to let masked clowns in.
Having not worked since 2018 my level of torrence for everday phucktards is well below zero.
No I was smart enough to do it in the cool of the morning!
It's a pure pleasure to see a person that knows how to do things right then does 'em that'a way. Thought I saw some grinding on the counterweight on that crankshaft..... Could be? Up until last October I had a 2014 SuperDuty w/6.7PowerStroke. Got rid of it because Ford couldn't figure out how to measure the level in a 5 gal tank of DEF. Most aggravating POS I've owned in a long time.
Jeff ground the crank and offset with thicker bearings. Same on the connecting rods and went .020 over on pistons. I did all assembly myself. My father was a helicopter mechanic in the Army and we are from generations of farmers so wrenching came naturally to me. Diesels are a lot different than anything I’ve messed with but not too bad if you research. I made my own custom fuel system, sending unit all the way to the fuel rails with an upgraded 6.7L Motorcraft pump and CAT 2 micron secondary filter to keep up with larger injectors and turbo. There’s not much stock on her. F-550 leaf springs, F-350 rear sway bar, chromoly track bar etc. I’m doing a full regear from 3.73 to 4.10 soon and once the tranny shows signs of weakness I’ve got manuals and been researching doing an 800hp plus full transmission upgrade/rebuild. I installed MTW high pressure shift solenoids, PML tranny pan and DieselSite high pressure side bypass fluid filter with a full cold fluid flush and fill so it’s still holding and shifting strong with zero flare. GearHead wrote me custom tunes and I run the unlimited tow tune all the time. It does what I want.
Here’s my first hot start after the rebuild. I already started the ring seating sequence before this so no harm done to fresh rings. She’s a beast.
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TN Transplant - We love living in TX
Sold mine! 99 Newmar dutchstar rv. Now I can start playing with my new one, a 2001 Newmar dutchstar!
There are two near me. I'm taking both under 5 minutes in traffic.
